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Legacy: The former Bausch + Lomb tower was renamed Legacy after owner Larry Glazer and his wife Jane died in a plane crash in 2014. The new name is meant to reflect both their legacy and that of Bausch + Lomb.

Sibley: The store was named after Rufus Sibley, a partner in the Sibley, Lindsay and Curr Co. and no relation to the other famous Sibley clan of Rochester.

Best of times

Legacy: Things were never as good as opening day, Oct. 17, 1995, when the building was seen as a symbol of the company's bright future downtown. "As a new landmark in the Rochester skyline, One Bausch & Lomb Place makes a visible, permanent statement about the company's commitment to the city of its origins and the people who built its 142-year history," CEO Daniel Gill wrote that day.

Sibley: During its decades of operation as a department store, the Sibley Building had plenty of bright moments. One was Sept. 30, 1936, when 3,000 people came to see the first set of escalators in western New York put into motion, then spent the rest of the day riding them up and down.

Worst of times

Legacy: The most depressing day at at the tower was surely July 29, 2013, when Valeant announced it would move Bausch + Lomb headquarters to New Jersey and lay off hundreds of local employees. That was the nadir of a seven-year shuffle that began Sept. 21, 2007, when the directors of then independent B+L agreed to merge with the private equity investing firm Warburg Pincus.

Sibley: The Sibley, Lindsay and Curr Co. was first located farther west on Main Street. That changed Feb. 26, 1904, when one of the most destructive fires in Rochester history ripped through the Granite Building and the rest of the downtown business district, causing millions of dollars of damage. The next year, the department store reopened at its current site.

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The Legacy Tower, at left, was renamed after the death of Larry and Jane Glazer in 2014.(Photo: TINA MACINTYRE-YEE / @tyee23/staff photographer)